Stephen Beer Articles

The Bank of England today once again held interest rates at 0.5 per cent. The Bank’s interest rate has not changed since March 2009. There was some expectation that the Bank might suggest a rate hike was close at hand but instead its inflation report has left some...

The first Conservative budget since 1996 illustrated one lesson for Labour: how important it is to establish and maintain economic credibility. The chancellor's March budget, for the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, stated that annual borrowing...

John Smith talked openly about his faith, as has Tony Blair. Gordon Brown’s politics are clearly influenced by his religious upbringing. The political values of all three were rooted in something people instinctively understood, even if they did not agree with them....

Active in communities all across our nation, the churches often have a better idea of what is going on than even those of us knocking on doors and campaigning in elections. But what do the churches think about what the next government should do? A book edited by the...